Greenwood will take on the Bombers from Mountain Home this Friday
In what has been a whirlwind week for the Varsity Bulldogs, the ‘Dogs have turned their attention to their first conference opponent Mountain Home. Unless you have not had access to the internet since Friday night around 10:30 P.M. Greenwood pulled off a very improbable victory over Fort Smith Northside. Down 18 points with 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter every aspect of the team stood tall and made it happen until no time was left on the clock. It was then Freshman QB Kane Archer found Sophomore Grant Karnes on the 5 yard line. Karnes would make the catch then dive into the end zone setting off a frenzy of students storming the field.
The fun did not stop there as the story was picked up nationally by MaxPreps, Scorebook Live and other outlets. While an obvious team effort, several media outlets have recognized Archer and Karnes for their play. 5News and 103.7 The Buzz (Little Rock) selected Grant Karnes as the player of the week. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette named Archer Player of the Week. High accolades for the talented underclassmen.
The Bulldogs are riding a 1-1 record as they face off with an 0-2 Mountain Home. The Bombers losses are to Harrison (Wk 1 20-7) and Nettleton (Wk 0 49-39). This will be the 5th meeting of Mountain Home and Greenwood in the past three seasons, each time Greenwood being able to add a mark in the win column.
In the last game for Mountain Home against Harrison, until their final drive, the Bombers had gotten 98 yards of offense on 4 first downs. Greenwood against Northside racked up 596 yards of Offense with 511 of those yards coming through the air to 7 different receivers. The Bomber secondary will definitely have its hands full.
Defensively the Bulldogs have faced two talented QB’s the last two weeks and big offensive lines. In the 4th quarter against Northside the defense stood stall on crucial 3rd down forcing the Grizzlies to punt setting up one of the last two Touchdowns.
Kickoff this Friday is at 7pm at Smith-Robinson Stadium. Live Stream provided by the team of Greenwooddogpound.com and Greenwood Sports Center on Youtube.
